reintroduces himself, letting us know that he will be our waiter for tonight. His dreads grab my attention because they are a sort of reddish brown color and are so clean and neat looking.
He pours wine into our Waterford Crystal wine glasses and I notice the wine is a 1999 Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc. I say “Thank you,” and smile at Jakari because 1999 is the year we met. He always does little things like this to show me how much he loves me. And I love him that much more for his efforts.
Trevor places our menus in front of us. “I will give you a few moments to look over the menu”.
When Trevor is out of earshot I say, “I knew you were up to something when you went missing yesterday morning!” I say smiling so hard because I am unable to contain my excitement. Jakari winks letting me know I am right. I don’t know what I did to be blessed with a husband like him but I sure am glad I did whatever it was!
“Baby what are you going to eat? This menu is like a book and everything in it looks so good.” I say still perusing the menu. “You know what just get me whatever you get that way if I don’t want it you can have it,” I say putting my menu down.
At that moment I spot Trevor heading our way. I smile at him as he approaches our table and he smiles back and nods. I see Jakari looking a little irritated by the exchange but he gets like that from time to time so I just ignore it. “You ready to order sir?” Trevor says with a pen and pad in his hands.
Jakari looks at him for a brief second before speaking. “For the appetizer we would like grilled red chili prawns with fried green papaya. For the main course we will both be having the stuffed red snapper and tossed salad with house dressing.”
Trevor collects our menus and says “Very good Sir. I will return shortly with your appetizers.”
“Trevor, before you leave, I notice you don’t really have an accent. Are you from here?”
“Yes ma’am, I was born here but when I turned school age my parents sent me to stay with my uncle in the states to go to school. I would only come back here when school was out.”
“OH! Okay! I was just expecting to hear a little bit of an accent from our waiter.”
We laugh as he says “ I hear that a lot”.
Trevor heads back to the house to put in our orders. Jakari asks, with a little more attitude than is needed, “Why are you so interested in our waiter?”
I playfully roll my eyes, trying to take some of the tension out of the situation. “Jakari stop! I was just curious about his accent.” I can tell he is frustrated and I certainly don’t want his jealousy to ruin our evening so I stand up walk around the table and step behind him.
I kiss him on the cheek and put my arms around him, running my hands across his chest. I softly suck on his earlobe. I then whisper in his ear “You know that you are the only one for me”.
“I’m sorry baby but you know how I get about you.” He says trying to come out of his tantrum.
“There’s really no need to feel any type of way Jakari.” I say bending down and leaning over his shoulder so I can see his face.
Jakari pulls me around on the side of him and guides me into his lap. “I love you so much Qia. You really have no idea.” We get lost in the moment and begin kissing. We don’t even notice Trevor is back with the appetizers until we hear the second plate hit the table.
Jakari walks me back around to my side of the table and helps me push my chair back up to the table. He returns to his seat and says, “Thank you Trevor.”
Trevor nods. “You are quite welcome Sir. Will there be anything else?”
“No, I think we’re good for now.” Jakari replies.
“Enjoy,” Trevor says as he walks back towards the house.
“These prawns are absolutely